Folding box.



W'J-P. WARE,

FOLDING BOX. APPLICATION FILED FEB, 24, 1912.

1,056,474. Patented Mar. 18, I913.

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INVENTOR I ATTORNEY UNITED status-parent ()FFICE.

WALTER F. WARE, OF HADIDONFIELD. NEW JERSEY.

FOLDING BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented- Mar. 18, 1 913.

Application filed February 24, 1912. Seria No. 679,747.

To (177 nw mm 'z'zmay concern I Be it known that I, WALTER F. Vi-inn. a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haddonfield, county Camden State of 'hew J ersey, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding-Boxes, of.

Y which the following is a specification. ref- I erenee being drawing.

This invention particularly relates tod splay boxes or cases for inclosing commercial articles. and adapted to display said articles when opened, withoutremoving the a minimum space, without hiding or other wise interfering with the d1splay ot adJacent surrounding articles.

Other obgects of this. invention in in closed position and "t posit-ion.

' Specifically hends a .box or casing having a side and endsv fixed with respect to the bottom, a side hingedly con-nectedxwith said bottom and with the lid, and said-lid having aflfiap hingedly connected at its free edge and havj ing extensions arranged toengage compleor casing, which permits the mentary notches in' said box for retaining said lid in closed position This invention also. .colnprehends the means'for fastening the articles in the box use of. a continuous elastic band.

. Briefly stated-,- this invention eoi'nprises a box formed ofa single piece of sheet'material. the end Walls'of which when .fiat are extended longitudinally with the end edges of the boXlid portion. and folded inwardly j to form reinforcements for said end walls.

had to the accompanying provide a folding box with a movable side: .to provide means for supporting the lid within the Walls of said box; to provide imea'ns. for automatically locking. said lid iiovide means on said lidv to support'thebo boidypin ti-lted stated, this invention compre and'having notches for engagingthe complementary projections on the free edge of 5 said'lid, and means formed by cutting a..-

.t-ongue 1n the.slieet"me.ter al for engaging a l rides a suitable keeper for'theprojections 33. l A

eol'itinuous elastic band fol insaid box.

This invention also includes all'ot' the rarious novel features of c nst1 'm-tion and arrangement hereinafter more specified.

. Tn-the accompanying drawing. Figure 1 1s a plan YiQW of a boxcohstrnct'ed in u holding. article-i cordance with this invention. a portion of the lid being broken away to show :1 well known connnercial article inelcsed thercinf -F1g. 2 1s a plan view of said box in open position, showing-the sideextended in a plane with the bottom and the lid folded back parallel therewith: Fig. I'd-is a transverse verticalsectional view'of the .hojx as.

shown in Fig. 2. taken on the linfeflL-IZ in said figure; Fig 1s a view similar to F in; 3, but .showinga -pcss1b1l1ty ot' the hex h ing slightly tilted ,for'display. if desired? and Fig. 5 a fragmentary perspective defin i tely' view of one corner of thehox'j' and the lid "in position partly open.

Jln' said figures, the box comprises the hot "tom-T. rearside wall 9. end walls 9 and 10. front wall lLand the lid 1.2 lmviinilhe flap '13, and may be conveniently frrnnid from .1

single blank of sheet .material. folded to forinthe desired closure. and having the allSand ends L -and 10 joined. at lhc n and 16.nnd the bottom 7 hmgedly c'o iinet ted with thefrcnt wall 11 along the line 17. and said wall 11. being hingedlv Connected with the lid 12 along the line 1 and the lid 12 being hingedlv connected wit-lithe flap l fl'zlong the line 19.

The end walls 9 and .10 in lll"l)l;llll(,2\l'l' provided with extensions which project along the edges 20 and Q1 of the front wall 11 and llCllQ. and are severed"therefrom to the folding line l7 and folded inwardly to form the reinforcements 23 and 2% alone the inner surface of the respective'end wnlh 9 and 10; and said reinforcement 2 and .24 form ledges 2.6 and 27 for supporting theend margins of the lid 19 when in cl oseel position.

As shown-in the drawings. the reinfor ements 23 and Qihave their inner ends 3i) slightly spaced from the rear wall 8. and are provided with the notch, 31 at their lower inner corner. for purposes which will he hereinafte. clearly de cribed.

As best shown in Fig 5. the notch 31 pro-- which-is formed by notching the lateral edge of the flap 13 at. 35. It will be obvious that as -the; lid closed, the projections 33 at the opposite sides of the flap 13, being rounded the tension of the flap 18, owing to its fold ed relation with the lid, it springs inwardly,

as best shown in Fig. 1,'s0 that the projec-' tions' 33 engage beneath the top wall36 of the notches 81.

As best shown in Figs. '1 and 5, the elastic holder for the articles inclosed in the box 1 is formed by cutting a tongue 40 in the web of the material from which the box or 'casing is formed, and preferably terminating the cutll-thus formed in enlarged apertures 42, through which a continuous elastic band may extend by being'slipped over said tongue through the cut 41, as best shown in Fig. 5, and, as best shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the front wall 11 may be provided with similar elastic fasteners i5.

- It will be obvious that when an article, such as is shown inclosed in the box, is attached to the front wall, it is spread out for display when the front 'wall is opened, as shown in Fig. 2, and is returned to its compact form without wrinkling any portion of said article, by returning said front wall to itsnorinally closed position. the portion of said article attached to the front wall being thereby slipped beneath the portion in the box.

It may-be here noted that a box made in accordance with this invention, may lie flat upon the bottom of a show window or show case, with the lid extended "in a plane, as shown in Fig. 3, or the free flap 13 may be bent upwardly, as shown in Fig. 4,-to support the box body in tilted position. In either position, however, the lid does notobstruct'the View of adjacent surrounding articles on display.

It is not desired to limit this invention to the precise details of'construction and arrangement herein set forth, as various modifications may be made therein without departing from the essential features of the intention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my intention, I claim:

1. A folding box formed of a blank of sheet material, and comprising a bottom, side and end walls, and a lid in integral relation, one of said side walls being hingedly connected with said bottom wall and with said lid, and the end walls haying extensions of less width than said walls, folded inwardly against the inner surface of said end walls and terminating free of the side wall adjacent to their free ends, and forming ledges for said lid, and a flap hingedly connected to said lid and having means guided by. the slot formed between the side wall and the end of said reinforcements, and engageable with said reinforcements to lock said lid in closed position.

2. A folding box comprising a bottom, a

' side wall in fixed relation with said bottom,

end walls in fixed relation to said bottom and side wall, reinforcements extending along the innersides of said end walls and terminating short of said side wall, and haring notches at. their lower inner corners, a side wall hingedly connected with said bottoin,-a lid hingedly connected with the movable side wall and arranged to rest upon said ledges within the walls of said box when closed, and a flap hingedly connected to said lid having projections extending along its outer free ends arranged to slide within said box between the ends of said reinforcements and said side wall, and cooperative with said notches to lock said lid in closed posit-ion.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day of February, A. D., 1912.

\V.-\LTER F. \YARE.

I Witnesses:

ROZILLA F. \VAnn,

Jxuns V. Coxonu, Cnxnnr s H. Pnxcocx. 

